THE NEW MEXICO PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT SAYS RECENT FIGURES ON THE STATE'S CONCEALED-CARRY PERMITS REPORTED BY THE LAS CRUCES SUN NEWS ARE WRONG. SPOKESMAN TONY LYNN TELLS 770 KKOB THE SUN NEWS REPORTS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN CONCEALED CARRY PERMITS FROM 2012 TO 2013. IN FACT, HE SAYS THE DEPARTMENT'S FIGURES ARE FOR 2013 AND 2014.
LYNN SAYS THE STATE ISSUED 6-THOUSAND 298 PERMITS LAST YEAR … NOT THE 343-THOUSAND AS REPORTED BY THE SUN NEWS. HE SAYS 6-THOUSAND-443 SO FAR THIS YEAR. DPS SHOWS 59-THOUSAND-798 PERMITS HAVE BEEN ISSUED SINCE NEW MEXICO'S CONCEALED CARRY LAW TOOK EFFECT IN 2007.
